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The Causal Effects of Education on Adaptability

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

This study investigates the causal effects of education on individualsâ€™ adaptability to employment shocks … re-employment following unemployment. Given that the positive correlation between education and adaptability is likely to … variables to assess the causal effects of education on adaptability. Based on data from the Canadian Census and the Labour Force …

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The Macroeconomic Effects of a Carbon Tax to Meet the U.S. Paris Agreement Target: The Role of Firm Creation and Technology Adoption

Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2021

We analyze the quantitative labor market and aggregate effects of a carbon tax in a framework with pollution externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of adjustment influenced by carbon taxes: firm creation and green...

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Climate policies, labor markets, and macroeconomic outcomes in emerging economies

Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Nuguer, Victoria - 2023

We study the labor market and macroeconomic effects of introducing a carbon tax in the energy sector in emerging economies (EMEs) by building a framework with equilibrium unemployment and firm entry that incorporates key elements of the distinct employment and firm structure of EMEs. Our model...

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Offshoring and jobs : the myriad channels of influence

Groizard Cardosa, José Luis; Ranjan, Priya; Rodríguez … - In: European economic review : EER 72 (2014), pp. 221-239

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Lifetime labor supply in a search model of unemployment

Bettendorf, Leon; Broer, Dirk Peter - 2003

This paper investigates the age-dependency of participation andunemployment by integrating job search with intertemporal optimizing behaviorof finitely-lived households. We find that search frictions and tax ratesdistort the decisions of older workers to a much larger extent than that ofyoung...

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Endogenous labor market institutions in an open economy

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - In: International review of economics & finance : IREF 23 (2012) 1, pp. 30-45

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Offshoring, exporting, and jobs

Groizard Cardosa, José Luis; Ranjan, Priya; Rodríguez … - 2013

We construct a two-sector model - one producing a homogeneous good and the other producing differentiated goods - with labor market frictions to study the impact of offshoring on intrafirm, intrasectoral, and intersectoral reallocation of jobs, and on the economy-wide unemployment rate. A...

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General equilibrium effects of immigration in Germany : search and matching approach

Iftikhar, Zainab; Zaharieva, Anna - 2016

In this study we develop and calibrate a search and matching model of the German labour market and analyze the impact of recent immigration. Our model has two production sectors (manufacturing and services), two skill groups and two ethnic groups of workers (natives and immigrants). Moreover, we...

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Unemployment in an interdependent world

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2012

We introduce search and matching unemployment into a model of trade with differentiated goods and heterogeneous firms. Countries may differ with respect to size, geographical location, and labor market institutions. Contrary to the literature, our single-sector perspective pays special attention...

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Sorting and the output loss due to search frictions

Gautier, Pieter; Teulings, Coen N. - 2012

We analyze a general search model with on-the-job search and sorting of heterogeneous workers into heterogeneous jobs. This model yields a simple relationshipbetween (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) themax-mean wage differential. The latter measure of wage...

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